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BJP leader Kapil Mishra

Murder, he wrote

In countless videos we see the police escorting mobs of Hindutva extremists who proudly boast of the police's support.

3 March 2020 7:04 AM IST

Death toll in Chinas coronavirus rises to 56, confirmed cases near 2,000.

In the future, viruses may well be hailed as saviours, not scourges

But amidst all the panic and apocalyptic fear-mongering, we forget the debt that we owe viruses.

18 Feb 2020 1:38 AM IST

General Qasem Soleimani (Photo: AP)

America's dogs of war rehearse Iran invasion: The same old ritual

Red's job was to hold back the blue navy and prevent an invasion.

7 Jan 2020 1:40 AM IST

In the years since, the guidelines have focused on the saturated fat found in foods like meat, butter and some packaged foods, saying it should be limited to 10% of calories. (Photo: AP)

Is this way to a healthy future? Fake' meat, made in a lab

Going further, we find that producing a pound of beef takes about 1,799 gallons of water which is arguably not exactly...

10 Dec 2019 1:06 AM IST

It also has no stomach, eyes or mouth but can seek out and digest its favourite food which, youll be glad to know, isnt human flesh but oatmeal.

Fungus net: A giant underground brain with unimagined potential

Humongous because not only does it weigh over 400 tons, this single organism covers about 2,385 acres in Oregon's...

31 Oct 2019 12:10 AM IST

US President Donald Trump

As Trump talks peace over Turkey, Kurds bear the brunt

Clearly, out of the mouth of (orange-maned) babes there do occasionally come words of truth.

15 Oct 2019 1:07 AM IST

A family waits for food assistance to be distributed in Thonyor, Leer County, one of the areas in which famine has been declared, in South Sudan. (Photo: AP)

Global famine is on the way: World faces its biggest crisis

Modern food production has its issues as well, especially when it comes to meat.

20 Aug 2019 8:15 AM IST

Of the many industries that have successfully implemented and benefitted from the use of AI, provided by machine learning algorithms, there is one, in particular, that is looking to unceasingly leverage the limitless capabilities of the AI revolution, i.e. Healthcare Sector.

How microbes in our body can affect our health

Now it emerges that the legions that live within us can affect us in ways we never dreamt were possible.

6 Aug 2019 12:10 AM IST

In fact even the British officers who first examined the remains at Harappa did not fully understand what they were and many of the first-rate bricks that were found there were used to build the railways.

The marvel & mystery of the Indus Valley civilisation

The other piece of good news is that this gives me the opportunity to write about the fascinating Indus Valley...

9 July 2019 12:08 AM IST

From dictators to democrats: Interests always trump ideology

It was a telling blunder, in that it told us exactly what the source of this news was.

26 Jun 2019 2:46 AM IST

Researchers also found that genetic variants associated with lower empathy are also associated with higher risk for autism. (Photo: Pixabay)

The science of tinkering with our genes is a tricky slope

There are other possibilities being studied as well, such as introducing traits from the animal kingdom into humanity.

11 Jun 2019 1:33 AM IST

The major use of plastics happens in restaurants and in the form of bottles.

Plastic surgery

In 2008, this tiny West African nation banned all non-biodegradable plastic bags.

16 April 2019 1:03 AM IST